Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 05 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Subtitle 13 - NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 05.13.03 - Maryland Town Manager Circuit Rider Grant Program
Section 05.13.03.07 - Applications, Letters of Intent, and Processing
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 6, March 22, 2024
A. Existing Circuits.
B. Proposed Circuits.
C. Applications for a grant shall be submitted by the circuit sponsor. The application shall be signed by the chief executive officer of the circuit sponsor. Each member of the circuit shall provide a resolution or other acceptable form of approval by the governing body of the municipality evidencing the commitment of the member to pay its share of the circuit costs.
D. The Department may refuse to consider applications with incomplete information.
E. The Department may make grant awards to benefit particular circuits and decline to make awards to benefit otherwise eligible circuits based on the assessment by the Department of the overall merit of the application of a circuit and its relative merit to competing applications.
F. The Department may fund a circuit based on the:
G. The Department may require applicants to pay an application fee to cover some or all of the cost of processing an application.
H. Applications shall be made on standard forms provided by the Department.
I. The Program staff shall evaluate each application based on the following criteria:
J. The Program shall recommend to the Director the circuits to be funded and the level of funding.
K. The Director shall recommend grant awards to the Secretary for approval.
L. The Secretary shall approve all grant awards.
M. A grant agreement shall be executed for each circuit that receives a grant. The grant agreement shall be signed by the circuit sponsor and the Secretary, or the Secretary's designee, on behalf of the Department.